Method and apparatus for jamming different television channels u

Details Method and apparatus for jamming different television channels u Method and apparatus for jamming different television channels u

1997-09-12

2000-08-15

Hayes, Gail O.

Cryptography

Video cryptography

Video electric signal masking

H04N 7167

Patent

active

061048143

ABSTRACT:
In a system for jamming television programs in a cable television system, modified oscillators are used to provide jamming signals to control ports where they are added to the video signal, in order to prevent unauthorized viewing. The oscillators have switchable portions so that they, when receiving appropriate control signals from a control unit on control lines, can be switched to different basic oscillation frequencies and thus each one can cover a very wide frequency range. The basic oscillation frequency of the oscillators is finely adjusted by means of a continuous signal on a line like the conventional voltage control of oscillators. The use of such switched oscillators in an interdiction apparatus for a cable television system provides a number of advantages, such as making the system more flexible and more efficient in terms of jamming capacity for more expensive programs, pay channels, needed oscillator circuitry, etc.

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